ydoaPs Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 (edited) I attended Skepticon IV last weekend, and it was very much worth the drive and time change. There were several very good talks. Hemant Mehta spoke regarding math education, PZ Myers gave a run down on what junk DNA does, and Richard Carrier spoke about Bayes's theorem and how it can effectively be used as a mathematical formulation of Sagan's famous quote "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence". The very best talk, though, was that of JT Eberhard. He spoke about mental illness. A few of the videos of the talks are up on YouTube, and I'm going to link to JT's talk, because I think it's one that needs to be heard. You can see the other videos (as well as those from previous Skepticons) by going to the channel that uploaded this video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=UI-YvrHZVvk Edited November 25, 2011 by ydoaPs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mooeypoo Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 I couldn't go, but I have to make sure I can go to The Amazing Meeting this year. Damnit, I have to! I'm in skeptic-withdrawal! Glad to see you had fun, ydoaPs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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